This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheet to guide students towards planning and writing an answer in preparation for their GCSE exam. Includes an explanation of how the exam question is assessed and a step by step approach to planning an exam answer using the EASY acronym. In this unit students explore the demise of Macbeth (dagger scene) and Lady Macbeth as evil (Act 1 Scene 7). Other essay plans can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This is an interactive random question generator for GCSE English students. Ideal for a starter or plenary activity, it develops students' recall skills in preparation for their Literature exams. Simply click to generate 5 questions of any of the 4 topics and then click to reveal the answers. This is the full version with 100 revision questions for each of the following: Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, Jekyll & Hyde and Conflict Poetry. You can also download the sample version for free. Questions cover key quotations, plot details and general knowledge relevant to each topic.

A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying extracts to support students in preparing for the comparison question for the Paper 2 examination. Students look at how to compare different extracts and then annotate their copies. Focuses on comparing how writers' perspectives of war are presented using A Soldier's Declaration and Guns in the Distance. Also explores the different experiences of prison using Henry Mayhew visits a prison and Alex Cavendish goes back to prison. There is a final assessment comparing different views of childhood using Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and London Labour and the Labour Poor.

This is a Power Point presentation. Students have to put the events of the novella into the correct sequence. For additional marks, can they identify the right chapter?

This PowerPoint presentation helps to prepare students for the Unseen Poetry questions in the English Literature exam. Students should first watch Mr Bruff's videos (available on YouTube) - summary of what he says and copies of Nettles and Brothers provided. Further prompt questions to help students analyse My Parents, which they then compare to Tich Miller. Also practice assessments looking at Visiting Hour and Evans as well as Sparrow and Terrorist. Student booklet with copies of all the poems and practice questions included.

I wrote this 5 week scheme of work for my GCSE English group. They were struggling with narrative writing and so I wanted to inspire with them with some effective short story writing. So who better than the master of the macabre - Roald Dahl? In this series of lessons students read a range of his stories and many of the tasks are linked to revising key skills that will be used in their Language exams. Included here are the Week 4 lessons. There is a PowerPoint presentation to guide students (and teachers) through all of the activities. This week’s lessons uses Dahl’s story The Umbrella Man and covers language skills for Paper 1 Questions 3 and 5. A copy of the story is included. Week 1 lessons and an overview of the whole unit of work is available as a free resource. Additional weeks, along with the stories, can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.

This is a single worksheet to support students revising the character of Lady Macbeth. All questions can easily be answered using a copy of the play or other online revision resources. All answers are provided on a separate sheet. Suitable as a revision activity in a lesson or as a homework task. Macbeth is available as a free resource - further character revision sheets can be purchased separately or as a bundle. These revision sheets are included in the Macbeth Revision Activity Booklet which is also available for purchase.

This is a single worksheet and accompanying PowerPoint to support students revising Act 2 of the play, Macbeth. There is a ‘Revise the Plot’ activity in which students have to delete two of the three alternatives given to find the correct plot; 10 ‘Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?’ questions to further develop understanding; 5 ‘Who says?’ questions and 4 questions about parallel lines in the play. All answers are provided on the PowerPoint which can be used as a lesson in itself; allowing the teacher go through each task and then the answers with the whole class. Also suitable as a homework task. Act 1 is available as a free resource - further Acts can be purchased separately or as a bundle. These Plot Summaries are also included in the Macbeth Revision Activity Booklet which is also available for purchase.

This PowerPoint presentation guides students through a line by line analysis of the Carol Rumens poem. Additional slides include: Context; Summary of the poem; Form, structure and language; Linking the poems; Comparison grid linking to London (exploring the experience of a place) and a Revision Summary slide.

This is a booklet of 11 key extracts and accompanying exam style questions from Act 1 of Macbeth. For students studying AQA English Literature. Questions are: The Witches as a powerful force (A1 S1); Macbeth as a hero (A1 S2); The Witches as evil (A1 S3); Theme of supernatural (A1 S3); Macbeth's conflicted state of mind (A1 S3); Ideas of loyalty (A1 S4); Theme of ambition (A1 S5); Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman (A1 S5); Lady Macbeth (A1 S5); Theme of guilt (A1 S7) and Lady Macbeth as dominant (A1 S7). There is an additional page for students to record key quotations.

A PowerPoint presentation of 34 slides covering all the key aspects of the play to support teachers and students in their revision of the play for the AQA Literature examination. Covers the context of the play, plot summary for each Act and notes on all the key characters and themes. Also includes the key quotations for students to learn.

PowerPoint presentation and two sample examination papers for preparing students for the first 3 questions of Section A part of their English Language exam. The first paper uses Ian McEwan's A Child in Time to guide students through the requirements for questions 1 to 3. The second paper uses Enduring Love.

This is a worksheet to be used for students studying An Inspector Calls. The worksheet has a number of key quotations all to do with the theme of responsibility. Students need to identify which character spoke each line. There is then an accompanying worksheet for students to make notes about the theme of responsibility and how each character represents the theme. Answer sheet included.

This is a worksheet to be used for students studying An Inspector Calls. The worksheet has a number of key quotations all to do with the theme of age. Students need to identify which character spoke each line. There is then an accompanying worksheet for students to make notes about the theme of age and how each character represents the theme. Answer sheet included.

This is a worksheet to be used for students studying An Inspector Calls. The worksheet has a number of key quotations all to do with the theme of gender. Students need to identify which character spoke each line. There is then an accompanying worksheet for students to make notes about the theme of gender and how each character represents the theme. Answer sheet included.

This is part 1 of an 8 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Literature exam. This scheme of work assumes that students have already been introduced to all the poems (presentation on each poem also available separately). A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts and worksheets referred to. In this week students are introduced to the requirements of the poetry exam question and they then follow activities to develop a deeper understanding of the poem ‘Remains’. The lessons/activities include: overview of the format of the exam question; linking the theme activity; introduction to SLIME as a structure to poetry analysis; prompt questions about structure in the poem; prompt questions about language and imagery in the poem; planning and writing a paragraph; revision flashcard and a homework sheet to develop higher level thinking. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included. Week 1 is a free resource and subsequent weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

Student worksheet to accompany AQA Language Paper 2 Question 5 presentation.

This is a single worksheet and accompanying PowerPoint to support students revising Act 1 of the play, Macbeth. There is a ‘Revise the Plot’ activity in which students have to delete two of the three alternatives given to find the correct plot; 10 ‘Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?’ questions to further develop understanding; 4 ‘Who says?’ questions and 4 questions about parallel lines in the play. All answers are provided on the PowerPoint which can be used as a lesson in itself; allowing the teacher go through each task and then the answers with the whole class. Also suitable as a homework task. Act 1 is available as a free resource - further Acts can be purchased separately or as a bundle. These Plot Summaries are also included in the Macbeth Revision Activity Booklet which is also available for purchase.